Severe influenza cases in paediatric intensive care units in Germany during the pre-pandemic seasons 2005 to 2008

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Streng, Andrea ^a   Grote, Veit ^b   Liese, Johannes G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; INFLUENZA B; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 80052157958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-233     Document Type: Article

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